VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — One of South Georgia’s largest cities is celebrating the opening of its first microbrewery.

WALB-TV reports the Georgia Beer Company is scheduled to open to the public ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona State College is brewing up the only program of its kind in Florida: one in which the classroom is a pub, and the froth-filled lessons, a recipe for success.

In January, the college will offer a 30-credit hospitality beverage science associate of science ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — When Jeremy Goldberg and his partner opened Cape Ann Brewing Co. in Gloucester in 2004, it was the only microbrewery on Cape Ann, and one of a few in the region.

The current taphouse, located on Rogers Street in what was an appliance store, was a $1 million ...

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey township has opened its first microbrewery after four years of hearings and inspections.

Denise Ford Sawadogo and Leo Sawadogo officially opened the Montclair Brewery on Saturday, with Ford Sawadogo estimating about 1,000 people attending the day-long ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has issued new rules limiting the amount of events microbreweries can host.

David Rible, director of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, signed a special ruling Friday that limits microbreweries to 25 on-site activities each year, such as trivia ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A microbrewery in Louisiana that’s suffered a financial setback still is set to open this fall.

The Daily Advertiser reports the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University is teaming up with local microbreweries to teach students how to brew beer.

WLFI-TV reports that the classes will be part ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s microbreweries will get the chance to tap into more customers in the coming months thanks to a new law signed on March 22 by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The struggling New Hampshire microbrewery Smuttynose is being auctioned off.

The Portsmouth Herald reports the auction is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Friday at ...

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A 24-year-old New Hampshire microbrewery is seeking a buyer, saying the explosion of competition has led to changing marketplace dynamics.

Smuttynose Brewing Co. says it’s scheduled to be sold at a bank auction on March 9. It employs 68 people and generates more than ...

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The city of Waterville will welcome its first microbrewery this winter.

The Kennebec Journal reports the owners of the Waterville Brewing Company plan to open ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Bismarck area is becoming a hot spot for North Dakota microbreweries.

Bismarck, Mandan and the surrounding area could be home to six of the state’s nearly 20 microbreweries by next year, the Bismarck Tribune reported ...

LEWES, Del. (AP) — If you walked into the wildly popular Fins Ale House and Raw Bar on the Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach, it would not be obvious that a microbrewery is in the same location.

But the Big Oyster Brewery has been sharing space with the restaurant since 2015, cranking out ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state’s growing craft beer industry is getting a boost.

A craft beer competition is on tap at the state fairgrounds this summer. Top professional and amateur judges from around New York will sample submitted beers in an official, private judging session on ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — At a recent South Florida craft-beer festival, assistant brewer Katherine Castro was tapping kegs behind the M.I.A. Beer Company tent when a man approached her. He asked if she were the girlfriend of a brewer.

“Hell no,” Castro recalls telling him. “I’m with ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a panel of judges will decide New York’s favorite craft beer with a blind taste test.

The final tasting of the Taste NY Inaugural Craft Beer Challenge is set for Wednesday in New York City.

The judging panel includes Cuomo, chef ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Five New York brewers have been invited to compete in the state’s first craft beer challenge.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced the five breweries that received the most votes in a recent online competition: Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, Genesee ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a younger, richer, gentrifying District, greasy spoons give way to swank new restaurants. Music shops morph into yoga studios. Liquor stores become wine bars and microbreweries.

But for two Nigerian American sisters who grew up in the Washington area, an essential ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — If it seems like new craft breweries are opening in Connecticut faster than ever, it’s because they are.

“We’re not even close to having enough breweries,” said John Kraszewski, founder of Armada Brewing, which opened in East Haven last month, working out of another ...

CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — The co-owners of New Jersey’s Cape May Brewing Company are honoring the 175th anniversary of their alma mater with a uniquely named commemorative brew.

KYW-TV reports (http://cbsloc.al/2jiPWRR ) the Jersey shore-based microbrewery is releasing its ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A St. Paul microbrewer is suing an executive who helped the company grow into one of the largest in the country.

Summit Brewing Company has accused Jeffrey Spaeth and another longtime employee, Timothy Daly, of conspiring to sell the brewer’s trade secrets to a ...

BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The menu on the wall of Coal Tipple Brewery makes it clear where the inspiration came from for Washington County’s first microbrewery.

Under a heading of “Run of Mine,” a term for the output of a coal mine, are four brews named to commemorate the county’s mining ...

ANDREW, Iowa (AP) — Residents of the small eastern Iowa city of Andrew are scrambling to save a historic but deteriorating former county jail.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2hzt8wD ) residents gathered Tuesday night to discuss ideas ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s craft beer industry is slowing down after a decade of explosive growth, but a state economic analyst says the outlook is good for neighborhood microbreweries.

Josh Lehner, of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, gave that outlook in remarks to the annual ...